Zuo Feng's mouth curled into a sneer as he glanced indifferently at the cat-eared woman, his tone carrying a hint of coldness: "You've already drawn your guns! What do you think there's left to discuss?"
"Lao Yin, if you don't tell your people to put down their guns, I'll take my people and leave immediately. You can deal with this trouble yourself!"
Seeing the two women behind Lao Yin still holding their guns, the cat-eared woman was furious. They were already in the wrong and weaker than the others, yet this bitch's subordinates were still holding guns?
At this point, shouldn't they humble themselves and talk? What good would come from a real conflict?
"Put down your guns."
Perhaps the cat-eared woman's words truly frightened Lao Yin.
Once her "Second Sister" really left with her people, she would be finished. She ordered the two women behind her to lower their guns.
Her head, however, remained tucked into her ball of flesh, not daring to poke out. The cat-eared woman's nose crinkled in anger at this sight. Lao Yin, that bitch, was now afraid of death?
She tidied the strands of hair by her ears, a harmless smile blooming on her face as her gaze turned to Zuo Feng, her tone carrying a hint of sincerity: "Hello, my name is Cai'er. Now, I think we can have a good talk, can't we?"
She had figured it out; this man was clearly the leader.
Zuo Feng pressed his hand down, signaling the five Zhan Wu Zha behind him to lower their guns. The corners of his mouth curved slightly upward, his voice playful: "Oh? How do you want to talk?"
He wouldn't genuinely believe that the cat-eared woman's smile meant she was a harmless woman. On the contrary, women who could hide their emotions were even more terrifying!
He also wanted to see what solution this woman could offer in the current situation.
Cai'er's eyes flickered slightly as she said softly:
"Let me clarify first, I'm not threatening you. As you can see, this is a gas station. If we exchange fire, neither side will be able to escape. I assume you came here to refuel.
Although the gas station isn't ours, we cleared out all the zombies here. In this apocalypse, logically, all the oil here should belong to us. As an apology, we can help you fill up two of your cars.
If you have empty oil drums, we can also help you fill all of them. This should be sincere enough, right? What do you think?"
The cat-eared woman's calculations were quite shrewd. Two SUVs with seven or eight people, how much space was left? At most, three or four small oil drums. But she said she would help Zuo Feng and his group fill their cars and all their empty oil drums, which made it seem much more sincere.
"So, am I to understand that you intend to send us away with a few small barrels of oil?"
Zuo Feng stared at the cat-eared woman with a mocking expression, his voice suddenly turning cold: "Is this your sincerity?"
They didn't even have an oil drum in their cars. According to what the girl said, they could at most only fill up their two cars.
"Then you can propose a solution, and we can discuss it."
Zuo Feng didn't fall for it, which was within the cat-eared girl's expectations. She just needed to make an effort; as long as the other party's demands weren't too excessive, she could agree. After all, it was Lao Yin who caused the trouble, and in the end, Lao Yin would be the one to pay. The greater the loss, the greater the blow to Lao Yin's influence within the team.
Zuo Feng's mouth curved into a smile, and he pointed a finger at a large truck: "We'll take that truck and all the supplies on it."
Zuo Feng had observed earlier that these people were divided into two small groups, and they had moved all their supplies onto the large trucks. Both large trucks were almost full. His demand was equivalent to taking half of the team's supplies.
Lao Yin immediately shrieked: "Why! Those are supplies we've worked hard to collect for several days! Why do you get to demand half of them?"
All of their team's supplies were in the two trucks. One was managed by the cat-eared woman, and the other by her. Zuo Feng was pointing at the one she managed!
"Because I can kill you!"
Zuo Feng's eyes showed killing intent as he narrowed them, staring at the ball of flesh. The ball of flesh involuntarily took a step back, feeling the chill emanating from Zuo Feng. It swallowed, closing its mouth and daring not to speak again.
The cat-eared woman's eyes narrowed, and she looked deeply at Zuo Feng. She slowly opened her mouth: "Okay, deal! Can we put this matter behind us now?"
She wouldn't believe that this man in front of her just happened to point at the truck managed by Lao Yin.
Zuo Feng nodded slightly: "Deal! Xiao Nv Pu, go and drive the truck over."
Xiao Nv Pu responded and moved, quickly walking towards the large truck. She jumped into the driver's cab of the truck Zuo Feng pointed to, started the truck, and slowly drove towards Zuo Feng and his group.
"Wait!"
Xiao She Jing suddenly spoke, her eyes sharp, her gaze sweeping towards Lao Yin.
Lao Yin, cowering in her ball of flesh, her face pale, trembled as she felt Xiao She Jing's gaze. Her voice quivered: "The... the supplies are all yours. What else do you want to do? You're not going back on your word, are you?"
Xiao She Jing forcibly suppressed the surging killing intent in her heart. She knew that this was already the best solution. Taking a deep breath, she coldly questioned: "Lao Yin, I ask you, when you were arrested back then, why did you know the exact time of our operation and every detail of our deployment? Also, why did the evidence that could have sentenced you to death suddenly disappear back then?"
Xiao She Jing had always harbored doubts about the case from back then. Why was Lao Yin able to precisely know the time of their arrest operation, even being fully aware of the deployment loopholes?
If she hadn't discovered the loopholes in the deployment back then, disobeyed orders to leave the team, and single-handedly blocked Lao Yin's escape route, that arrest operation would have failed. Moreover, the evidence that could have sentenced Lao Yin to death back then mysteriously vanished at the crucial moment.
Seeing that Xiao She Jing wasn't going to act, Lao Yin visibly relaxed. It was the apocalypse now, and no one knew if that person was even alive. There was no harm in revealing the secret from back then.
Lao Yin's head was tucked into her ball of flesh as she said in a low voice:
"If you're asking these questions, I suppose you already have some suspicions. You can think about it: back then, I resisted arrest, yet why didn't you open fire? Instead, you were ordered to capture me alive. Who gave that order, and why did he give such an order? Do I need to explain?
SWAT arrest operations are always meticulously planned, so why were there loopholes, and why did I happen to know about them?
And you clearly had solid evidence, yet it disappeared at the crucial moment. Who had the ability to do all of this?
Everything was arranged by the person who ordered you to capture me alive. Who he is, I shouldn't need to explicitly say, should I?"
After hearing Lao Yin's words, Xiao She Jing's expression changed dramatically. A hint of shock and disbelief flashed in her eyes. Her tightly clenched fists trembled slightly, and an extremely absurd and ironic feeling arose within her. It was him!
Xiao She Jing's mind reeled, recalling various details from back then, all of which seemed to point to this incredible truth.
Although she didn't want to believe that this was the truth from back then, Xiao She Jing knew that Lao Yin was not lying. Her clenched fists slowly relaxed, and Xiao She Jing didn't ask any more questions. She glanced at Lao Yin, her tone chilling: "Next time we meet, I will kill you!"
Seeing that the matter was resolved, Zuo Feng waved his hand, signaling Xiao Nv Pu to continue driving. Zuo Feng and the remaining group got into the SUV, started the vehicle, and slowly drove away from the gas station...